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  1. 2021

    Dole recalls packaged salads over possible Listeria contamination

    Recall announced

    Dole Fresh Vegetables announced a voluntary recall of Dole-branded and private-label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, North Carolina, and Yuma, Arizona, facilities due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The source says the decision followed findings of the bacteria in samples from two products and notes that the implicated strain is believed by FDA and CDC to be responsible for at least sixteen illnesses since 2014.

    Company response

    • Recall — Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.

      Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has announced that they are voluntarily recalling all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, NC and its Yuma, AZ production facilities from the market due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

    • Remediation — Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.

      According to the Food and Drug Administration, Dole is also temporarily suspending operations at both facilities to conduct their extensive cleaning and sanitation protocol.

    Source excerpt

    • The decision to suspend operations and recall all products from those facilities was made after finding, and analyzing, the strain of Listeria monocytogenes that was isolated in a single package of Dole-branded Garden Salad produced in the Bessemer City facility and a single package of shredded iceberg lettuce produced in the Yuma, AZ facility.
    • The recalled products come from the following brands: Ahold, Dole, Kroger, Lidl, Little Salad Bar, Marketside, Naturally Better, Natures Promise, and Simply Nature.
    • Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has announced that they are voluntarily recalling all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, NC and its Yuma, AZ production facilities from the market due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
    Source

  2. 2003

    Ahold accounting crisis

    Ahold disclosed that promotional allowances had been overstated at U.S. Foodservice and that additional accounting irregularities affected Tops Markets, Disco and certain joint ventures. The disclosures led to management resignations, financial restatements, regulatory investigations, criminal proceedings and shareholder litigation. Dutch authorities later settled fraud charges against Ahold, while U.S. authorities pursued related matters involving the company and former executives.

    Source